# Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster

[Percona XtraDB Cluster](https://www.percona.com/software/mysql-database/percona-xtradb-cluster)
is an open-source enterprise MySQL solution that helps you to ensure data
availability for your applications while improving security and simplifying the
development of new applications in the most demanding public, private, and
hybrid cloud environments.

Following our best practices for deployment and configuration, [Percona Operator for MySQL based on Percona XtraDB Cluster](https://github.com/percona/percona-xtradb-cluster-operator)
contains everything you need to quickly and consistently deploy and scale
Percona XtraDB Cluster instances in a Kubernetes-based environment on-premises
or in the cloud.